Friday, March 18, 2011

Historic First: A Spacecraft Orbits Mercury

Source - NASA Science News for March 18, 2011

NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT on March 17th. This marks the first time a spacecraft has orbited the solar system's innermost planet.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18mar_orbitmercury/


Orbit Mercury (orbit Mercury, 550px)
(Image copyright NASA)

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